Surveyor Moon Probe Targets Soft Landing Near Apollo Path
In Pasadena and at Cape Kennedy control teams report the Surveyor robot making a precise approach toward the moon to identify safe landing sites for American astronauts. Despite an antenna issue and a star sensor fog, officials say the craft remains on track for a 1969 lunar landing objective.
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A . Surveyor
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
America
Russia
William Pickering
JPL
Surveyor
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Canopus
Lovington Doctor Volunteers For Viet Nam Service
AIGON Since last August 111 American doctors volunteered to leave U S practices to serve 60 days in Viet Nam for ten dollars per day living allowance under Project Viet Nam. They work in delta clinics and Da Nang hospital treating civilians with diseases and battle wounds. The program from People to People Foundation and backed by the U S government has mixed reactions but public health officials call it a success. Dr Anthony G Brown, supervising the effort, notes screening and orientation issues but praises the 60 day impact.
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U.S
Anthony G. Brown
Public Health
Brown
Memorial Holiday Traffic Toll Soars Past Five Hundred
United Press International reports a Memorial weekend traffic toll rising past 503 deaths as the four day period winds down. California leads with 52 deaths amid a national pattern of record fatalities and drownings, with projections pushing totals toward 550.
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United Press International
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Elthere
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Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Florida
Alaska
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Vermont
District of Columbia
Texas
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Texas Water Plan Drafts 980 Mile Sulphur River Diversion
The Texas Water Development Board released a state water plan proposing a 980 mile water diversion from the Sulphur River basin to the Lower Rio Grande to meet most of Texas needs for 50 years. It excludes High Plains Trans-Pecos and El Paso areas, urging outside imports for those regions. The plan forecasts $4 billion in reservoir and facility construction and outlines hearings across 27 river basins.
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Texas Water Development Board
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Rio Grande Valley
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
el Paso
John Connally
Trinity
Brazos
Colorado
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Texas Water Plan
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West
Columbia River
West Texas Water Plan Sees Import Needed from Outside State
The Texas Water Development Board says West Texas faces urgent long term water shortages and must import water from outside Texas. Costs are high with pumping from east Texas sources about 300 miles away and lifting 3,300 feet, estimated at 168 dollars per acre foot. Surplus water from Missouri Mississippi or Columbia basins could be tapped within 15 years, but plans omit High Plains and El Paso areas.
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Texas
Joe Moore
Texas Water Development Board
West Texa
Airman Dies in Grady County Car Crash Near Clovis
Special to The Avalanche Journal reports 21 year old A C Larry Foster of Modesto Calif died on arrival at Cannon AFB hospital after a car rollover on State Highway 18 three miles west of Grady New Mexico. Three other airmen Roger Storey James Sever and William Funk were treated for injuries and released as of late Monday. Foster’s body was taken to Sherwood Mortuary in Clovis with services pending.
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Avalanche Journal
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Grady
A.C
Larry Foster
Modesto
Calif
Curry County
Cannon Afb Hospital
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James Sever
William Funk
Foster
Storey
Sanesboy
Funk
Clovig Memorial Hospital
Conchas Reservoir
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Clovis
Sherwood Mortuary
U S Gold Stocks Fall by 70 Million in April
The Federal Reserve said U S gold stocks declined by 70 million in April to 13.668 billion, with most losses going to France. Year to date losses reach 138 million, far less than early last year’s drain of 991 million.
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U.S
France
Federal Reserve Board
Twin camels born in remote central Asia mountains
A camel named Jelmayan gave birth to twins high in the mountains of Kireiz in central Asia, a rare event reported Monday by AP.
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Jelmayan
Kireiz
Central Asia
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Buddhist self immolation shocks Vietnam war campaign
A 17 year old girl burned herself to death inside a Hue pagoda as Buddhist protests against Ky and the war escalated. A second fatal self harm occurred in Da Lat with reports of a woman cutting her veins. A 19 year old nun died in Saigon the same night, all part of a wave of self immolation tied to anti government leaflets accusing President Johnson and others of profiting from the war. Authorities identified the Saigon nun as Thich Na Vien Ngoc. The Hue victim’s identity was not released.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
da Lat
Saigon
Tim Wees
JC Fmcw
Wue
Dnd
Rae Iode
Johnson
Thich Na Vien Ngoc
Buddhist Institute
U.S
Vietnamese nun self immolates amid protests outside Saigon institute
Leaflets outside the Saigon Institute compound accuse the United States of prolonging the war in Viet Nam and bloodthirsty acts. The messages name Johnson Rusk McNamara Lodge Westmoreland. One nun died after self immolation. a hospital report is unclear on her final status. Personal crisis notes were found addressed to President Johnson.
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Citadel
Saigon
United States
Viet Nam
Johnson
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Amassador
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Typhoon Judy Slams Formosa Killing One Injuring Three
Radio Formosa reports Typhoon Judy struck southern Formosa Monday night with winds near 80 mph. One person died while three others were injured as the storm moved toward the Pacific, its fiercest fury reduced by mountain barriers.
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Taipei
Formosa
Pacific
Memorial honors Hockley County war dead in Levelland
In Levelland a 55 name stone memorial is unveiled to honor Hockley County men who died in World Wars I and II and the Korean Conflict. The 214 by 82 foot Georgian marble monument marks a community Jaycees project with funding from the county, city, and citizens. Veterans groups participated, wreaths were laid, and speeches praised Texas sacrifice from San Jacinto to Viet Nam.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Evelland Arrington
Brown
Earl) Caddell
Denton , Gilbert
San Jacinto
Viet Nam
Hockley County
Sanders
Newberry
Taylor
Vincent Viaille
Weatherford
Jonni
L. Hill
Levelland
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Levelland Jaycees
Hockley County Commissioners Court
City of
Jaycees
Veterans Organization of
Army
Navy
Marine
Hero in daylight, burglar in darkness over arrest
John Dennis 28 rescued 81 year old Ronnie Perez from flaming clothes after leaping the tracks at a Brooklyn freight yard. Hours later police arrested Dennis for breaking and entering at a service station, calling him a hero in the morning and a bum at night.
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United Press International
York
Brooklyn
John Dennis
Dennis
Ronnie Perez
Louis Pepe
Ronnie
Maria Miranda
Long Island Rail Road
Brookdale Hospital
Weather Page 5-A Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with highs near 90s and lows in the 60s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 3 58 a m sunset 7 52 p m. Humidity around 26 to 65 percent. Precipitation and temperature outlook provided for 34 hours.
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